Money Quotes
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I'm blessed. I get to play the game I love for a living and make a lot of money doing it.
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She worked very hard to get the support and the money so these organizations could function, ... She impressed me the first time I ever met her.
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I think there are different kinds of fame. There's fame which is plastic and about paparazzi and money and being rich, and then there's the fame, which is when no one knows who you are but everyone wants to know who you are.
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Knowing where you stand in your quest to accumulate enough money for retirement is an incredibly important part of the planning process.
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I won't do things for money. I can't.
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A mitzvah that costs money is worth more than one that costs nothing.
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Some of you may know my story: How for nineteen years, I worked as a manager for a tire plant in Alabama. And some of you may have lived a similar story: After nearly two decades of hard, proud work, I found out that I was making significantly less money than the men who were doing the same work as me.
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There’s an old adage that says that money is the root of all evil. Bullshit. Lack of money is the root of all evil.
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All I know about what people think of my gear is what a couple of my friends tell me, and one of them always wants to borrow money, so I'm not sure how reliable he is.
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I'm opposed to giving people money for doing nothing.
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Understanding money is part of being independent. You can't be self-sufficient if you're relying on someone else.
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We hear talk now about reforming public education. There are billions of dollars at stake for such a reform. But I have not heard Arne Duncan, who is the U.S. Education Secretary, mention once the civic illiteracy in the country.
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A boxer makes a comeback for two reasons: either he’s broke or he needs the money.
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Money is a big part of your life, and when you learn how to get your finances under control, all areas of your life will soar.
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Sometimes emotions can win fights. Sometimes letting your feelings out in a fight can win you the fight. When it means the world to you, it's not just a sports contest - a boxing match for money or belts.
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I had to get into a place for myself of thinking what I would create for myself if I didn't have to worry about making money.
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I don't want to be remembered as anything but brave. The only good intention to make money is to help others. I want to be Oprah. I want to be Melinda Gates. If I ever sell products other than my talents, then it will be to give more to others.
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Some people say that success equals money, but frankly, I don't think success is money at all ... Success is being the best at whatever you want to do well at.
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When kids tried to pick on me, I always had one line to shoot them down with: 'I make more money in a week than you'll make in your entire life.' Which probably wasn't true, but they thought it was.
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I just try to make as much money as possible. However I can do it. With as much integrity as I can have.
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Of course, I'd like to earn Jonathan Ross's money, but I don't have sleepless nights wondering when someone's going to knock on my door with sacks of cash.
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[When asked if $250 would be a joke, and whether Eve Arden, who starred alongside Ballard herself, were making enough]: Yes! We were all supposed to get a two-hundred-fifty-dollar raise the second year, and suddenly Proctor & Gamble wouldn't do it. So Desi said, 'Either you do it, or the show doesn't go on.' And all this when we were still in the top ten! What was so funny was that Eve and I were telling him, 'No! We want to do it!' It's fascinating the difference [in salaries] today. Eve and I didn't make that much money. Eve Arden who was a big star then, made six-thousand a week, and I made two. When you compare that today to one or two million dollars an episode!! It's crazy!
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When I was young, I was offered my first recording contract in 1971 and was offered quite a bit of money if I would change my character and be a '70s version of Cher.
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Don't ever be afraid of giving. Give. Give of your time, your forgiveness, your understanding, your love. Give of your money. Give to the creation, and you'll be given by the Creator. Be generous, and the Most Generous will be generous with you.
